Member Since: 04 Jan 2009
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Help Needed With Rooftent
hi guys
I bought a rooftent today (seemed like a good idea at the time!). What is the best way to fit it roof rack or roof bars?
I quite like the look of the short FR rack.
Any ideas/pics would be great
8th Mar 2009 7:23 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
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Unfortunately don't know anything re roof tents, I have been known to sleepwalk so they would be a no no!
Hi F/R rack is the best roof bars well yes you could with some sort of brackets PS TFC can sort you a F/R rack outHome of RLD Hidden winch mounts Spare wheel Locks Trailer Body Fabrication ray@rld-tech.co.uk D3/4 sump plates MY 14 sump plates and the Discovery Sport wheel protectors Discovery 5 wheel locks
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8th Mar 2009 7:30 pm
jimbo23
Member Since: 04 Jan 2009
Location: salisbury
Posts: 262
cheers guys
dsl that could hurt!!!
thanks RLD ill try TFC
8th Mar 2009 7:49 pm
mehari
Member Since: 14 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Belgium and often in Brittany
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For as good as it can be, here are a few pics of the D3, getting ready for Morocco... (wheels still need to be swapped).
Been warned again and again about the weight of the beast, but I don't see what I can really do about that.... (taking seat 6 and 7 out ? but how ?)
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roof tent is a ugly "chinese pretending to be american" make, luckily sold at very decent prices by a german company on ebay...
If I was to dismiss the weight warning, I would imagine that there is still space for two waffle boards on both side of the tent ladder... A second D3 ! This time with all whistles and bells (Auto, 7seats, Diff Lock, RAI, all kinds of protections, winch, Extended range tank, iPod adapter....)
First time twice the same car ! and first time third car of the same brand !
I'm loving it !
8th Mar 2009 10:43 pm
jimbo23
Member Since: 04 Jan 2009
Location: salisbury
Posts: 262
Thanks Mehari
great pics i think i am going to go for the short FR rack as it will only take the tent, im sure that will change though to spotlamps at the front of the rack worklamps at the back cb aerials. i wont be able to resist
thanks again
8th Mar 2009 11:09 pm
BrewMonkey
Member Since: 25 Apr 2007
Location: Michigan
Posts: 70
Re: Help Needed With Rooftent
jimbo23 wrote:
I bought a rooftent today (seemed like a good idea at the time!).
Yes, the old "I bought a [insert item here] today (seemed like a good idea at the time!)" is very familiar... 8)
I am thinking about a roof tent. Almost convinced the wife that it's a good idea. Almost.
I would also like the short (~1.6m) FR rack (this one) but have been thinking about the best way to mount it.
nwoods (top bloke Nathan, provider of excellent information here and on other LR forums) posted some great pics of his Hannibal rack on some Thule mounts/cross bars. Scroll down this page to see the last pic (might need to register to see the pics, but it's worth it; good forum). LRR Forum link
I was thinking of trying something similar with the FR rack. Replace the standard LR roof tracks with the FR ones, get some Yakima landing pads and control towers plus the crossbars (although they are round, not sure about mounting issues), then attach the FR rack to the crossbars. This should give an easily removable rack leaving the landing pads on the FR tracks when not using the rack.
Might be a disaster waiting to happen, but so long as I can get landing pads to fit the FR tracks, and either clamp the rack to the round bars ok or get a round->square adapter for the yakima towers, it should be a very sturdy and flexible set-up. When I say flexible, I mean quick-detach plus having the FR tracks on will allow for potentially heavier loads when the roof tent isn't used or a larger rack is needed.'08 LR3 V8 SE in Stornoway Gray, Alpaca interior. Xenons, Cold Weather Pack, Bluetooth & Sirius. General Grabber AT2s. EBC Sport Rotors & Green Stuff Pads, Traxide SC80 kit half fitted...
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9th Mar 2009 3:52 pm
Wex
Member Since: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Knackeragua
Posts: 5173
Hi Mehari , what have you used as the spare wheel mount ? I can't tell from the pic above unfortuneately.
9th Mar 2009 3:57 pm
jimbo23
Member Since: 04 Jan 2009
Location: salisbury
Posts: 262
yea it did seem like a good idea brew monkey. SWMBO gave the green light for a roof tent and within 25mins i bought 1
thanks for that link it was a great help good pics to
9th Mar 2009 7:36 pm
DiscoStu
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Cheers Disco stu
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9th Mar 2009 8:18 pm
mehari
Member Since: 14 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Belgium and often in Brittany
Posts: 91
Discowex wrote:
Hi Mehari , what have you used as the spare wheel mount ? I can't tell from the pic above unfortuneately.
Front Runner as well... but contrarely to the rest of the FR things installed on the car, this is not the best one on the market (the handle is pretty much to the side of the mount, making it quite hard to open...
Space is very scarce on the roofrack, you can see that the spare wheel is a bit too much to the side, otherwise I would'nt have been able to put the two aluminium boxes on. As we are 5 in the car + a 55L fridge, you can imagine we need all the capacity available...A second D3 ! This time with all whistles and bells (Auto, 7seats, Diff Lock, RAI, all kinds of protections, winch, Extended range tank, iPod adapter....)
First time twice the same car ! and first time third car of the same brand !
I'm loving it !
10th Mar 2009 6:27 pm
Wex
Member Since: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Knackeragua
Posts: 5173
Firstly ,Sorry to take the thread OT.
Thanks Mehari One other question(s) , it looks as though its the original rear bumper that you have on? So does the FR spare holder just affix to the rear steel bumper bar ? Any chance you could take a few other pics if you could spare the time
No i make a better wheel mount than that a cheaper to Home of RLD Hidden winch mounts Spare wheel Locks Trailer Body Fabrication ray@rld-tech.co.uk D3/4 sump plates MY 14 sump plates and the Discovery Sport wheel protectors Discovery 5 wheel locks
more Helsport tents and other things for camping Law of Mechanical Repair:
"After your hands are coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee!"
10th Mar 2009 6:41 pm
Wex
Member Since: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Knackeragua
Posts: 5173
pm me the info and a few pics of your one then Ray
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